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The best way to understand the benefits of CST is to experience it; something I am most interested in is how receiving CST can completely slow and quieten us down, allowing time and space for us to connect with our bodies and ourselves, sometimes helping us understand what is holding us back and what we need. This can result in profound healing and self understanding.

 

CST can help us release tension and create space and flow at a very physical structural level - in the bony structures, fascia, membranes and fluids of the body - and also on an emotional level - in our thoughts and feelings and how comfortable we are in ourselves - by releasing issues in our tissues held deep inside. Restrictions can have been acquired recently or at any point in our life but via CST you can often connect to them and help facilitate release or some improvement or change.

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CST has a profound affect on the Nervous System, which influences every other system in the body, which is one of the reasons it can be so deeply relaxing and so beneficial to the overall health of a person receiving regular treatments.

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During a CST treatment you generally lie on your back on the couch, supported with pillows and bolsters as needed, and you remain clothed. The therapist will gently place their hands on parts of your body to assess or treat the tissues. It often looks like nothing much is happening but inside the body all kinds of changes may be occuring. Sometimes the therapist will ask you what you are noticing in your body/mind/awareness and we may talk about any movements or sensations you are experiencing or images, thoughts, memories or emotions that present themselves. Often it will be a quiet and peaceful session, not always.

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